Clxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Since this notice last appeared, the President and Council have 

 to acknowledge the gift of £5 from Miss Wilson for books for the 

 Wisley Library, the promise of £5 from Mr. J as. Hudson for prizes 

 for the Wisley Students, a collection of dried specimens of flowers 

 collected by the late Sir Hugh Low, from Miss Evelyn M. C. Kaye, and 

 two framed coloured prints of fruits, dated 1732, sent anonymously. 



11. R.H.S. GARDENERS' DIARY. 



The R.H.S. Gardeners' Diary for 1914 will be issued in November. 

 It will contain a considerable quantity of new information, and it has 

 been compiled more especially for the single-handed gardener. The 

 price is is. id., post free, from the R.H.S. Office, Vincent Square, 

 London, S.W. ; or 2s. id. if leather-bound. 



12. LINDLEY LIBRARY. 



The Society, acting in and through its Council, having now become 

 sole trustee of the Lindley Library, Fellows and friends of the R.H.S. 

 have the encouragement of knowing that their gifts to the Library 

 can never be lost to the Society, but are attached to it in perpetuity. It 

 should now be the aim of all to make the Library far more perfect 

 and complete than it is at present. Gifts of books, old or new, will 

 be gratefully accepted. 



13. THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY. 



The Gardens are open daily to Fellows and others showing 

 Fellows' Transferable Tickets, from 9 a.m. till sunset, except on 

 Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Exhibition Days. Each 

 Felluw's Ticket admits three to the Gardens. The Public are not 

 admitted. 



The Gardens, situated at Wisley (about 2 miles from Ripley, in 

 Surrey), are about 3 miles from Byfleet, 3 J miles from Horsley, and 

 5 \ miles from Weybridge, all stations on the South-Western Railway, 

 with frequent trains from Waterloo and Clapham Junction. Carriages 

 to convey four persons can be obtained by writing to Mr. D. White, 

 fly proprietor, Ripley, Surrey ; the charge being, to and from Wey- 

 bridge, waiting two hours at the Gardens, 8s. ; or waiting three 

 hours, 10s. ; or to and from Horsley, 7s. ; Effingham Junction, ys. ; 

 Byfleet, ys. Visitors should in all cases be careful to state the trains 

 they intend to arrive by and leave by. Carriages can also be obtained 

 at Weybridge for 8s. by writing to Mr. Trembling, New Road, Wey- 

 bridge. Excellent accommodation and refreshments can be had at the 

 Hut Hotel, close to the Gardens, and also at the Hautboy at Ockham. 



The motor route from London to Wisley will be found in the " Book 

 of Arrangements," p. 146. 



14. ROCK GARDEN AT WISLEY. 



In consequence of the rapidly increasing interest taken in what are 

 popularly called " Alpine Plants," " Alpines," or " Rock Plants," the 

 Council have constructed a Rock Garden at Wisley on a somewhat 



